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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. I

ADOLPH RIPIIEN, OF READING, PA., ASSIGNOR T WILLIAM M. GRISGOM, MATTHAN HARBSTER, AND WILLIAM HARBSTER, OF SAME PLACE.

.APPLE-PARE'R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 270,845, dated. January 16, 1883. Application filed May 19, 1882. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADOLPH R1PP1EN,a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Readin g, Berks county, Pennsylvania, have in- 5 vented certain Improvements inApple-Parers,

of which the following is a specification.

One object of my invention is to provide an apple-parer with an effective device for removing the core from the fork, a further ob- 1o ject being to furnish a'simple means for preventing the running of the machine in the wrong direction..

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of suflicient of an apple-parer to 1 illustrate my invention; Fig. 2, the same with some of the parts in a different position; Fig. 3, an end view, partly in section; and Figs. 4 and 5, detached views of the device for removing the core from the fork.

A represents part of the frame of the machine; B, the driving-wheel spindle; D, the fork-shaft, and F the fork. The fork-shaft is driven by the spur-wheel a and pinion b, as usual. The spur-wheel to also carries a pinion,

d, which serves to impart motion to theother operating parts of the machine. The latter may be similar to any of those now in use, as they form no part of my present invention. In the machine shown in the drawings, the pinion (1 gears into a crown-wheel, G, and the latter has a cam, e, for actuating the knock-off lever H, which is pivoted to the frame and is acted on by a spring, as usual, said spring tending to retract the lever when it is released from the control of the cam e. The upper end of the lever H has a slot, f, forthe reception of a pin, m, on a slide, J, the latter being adapted to suitable guides on the. frame, and having at the front end two jaws, n n, which embrace 4o portions of a flange, p, on a presser, P. This presser, as shown in Figs. fl, 2, 4, and 5, con- .7 sists'of a dished plate having openings tfor the reception of the prongs of the fork, the presser sliding upon and being guided by said 4 5 prongs, and being free to turn with the fork,- owing to the swivel-connection with the slide J, formed by the flange p and jaws n. When the presser is retracted, as shown in Fig. 1, the fork F is free for the reception of the apple; but when the presser is thrust forward, as shown in Fig. 2, the entireinner end of the core is subjected to pressure, and the core is thus pushed directly from the fork.

My invention has been designed particularly for use in that class of parers in which the ap- 5 plc is cored at the same time that it is pared;

but it may also be used on machines which are intended for simply paring the apple, as

in such machines it effectually overcomes the objections which attend the use of knock-off 6o arms acting on the apple at one side of the fork only.

The presser may be constructed and operated in ways different from those shown in the drawings. For instance, the said presser may consist of a simplering having prongs projecting inwardly between those of the fork.

In orderto prevent the derangement of parts caused by running the machine backward, I utilize the pinion d as a ratchet-wheel by adapting thereto a pawl, w, hung loosely to a pin, 00, on the frame, said pawl yielding to permit forward movement'of the pinion, but engaging with the teeth of the pinion so as to lock the same when any attempt/is made to turn said pinion backward. The pin 00 has a lug, 3 at the end, and in the hub of the pawl is formed an opening, 3 The pawl is fitted to the pin before the spur-wheel a and pinion (Z are put in place, the pawl being first held in such'a position that its opening y corresponds with the log 3 of the pin, but being turned after being slipped over the pin, so as to carry the opening out of line with the lug, the latter thus serving to hold the pawl on the pin, and the pinion d and frame Aprevent ing the pawl from being turned so far around as to bring the opening y again in line with the lug.

I claim as my invention o 1. The combination of the fork F of an ap ple-parer, the presser P, sliding on the fork, the guided slide J, to which the presser is swiveled, the pivoted lever H, connected to the slide, and a cam for actuating the lever,

all substantially as set forth.'

2. The combination of the pinion 01, forming part of the operating-gearing of the machine,

with the pawl 20, hung to the frame and In testimony whereoflhave signed my name adapted to en gage with said pinion, whereby to this specification in the presence of two subthe latter is caused to serve as a ratchet, as scribing witnesses.

set forth. ADOLPH RIPPIEN.

3. The combination of the frame having a Witnesses:

pin, 00, with lug 1, and the pawl 10, having a F. PIERCE HUMMEL,

hub with an opening, y, as set forth. I. D. PAWLING. 

